CME 507: ADVANCED THERMODYNAMICS
Entropy balance, thermodymanics of energy conversion, mixtures, equilibria and current applications.
3 semester hours
CME 508: ADVANCED TOPICS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Study and discussion of current problems in chemical engineering research. Prerequisite: CME 521 or 581, or permission of instructor.
3 semester hours
CME 509: INTRODUCTION TO POLYMER SCIENCE
Broad technical overview of the nature of synthetic macromolecules, including the formation of polymers and their structure, structure-property relationships, polymer characterization and processing, and applications of polymers. The course tends to focus on thermoplastic polymers and elastomers. Prerequisites: College chemistry and college physics.
3 semester hours
CME 510: PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF POLYMERS
Survey of high performance thermoset resins, including types of thermosets, chemistry, processing, properties, cost, suppliers and applications. Characterization techniques and typical properties will also be reviewed. The course will also involve a fundamental discussion of cross-linked polymer structure-processing-property relationships, the glassy state, rubber elasticity, time-temperature superposition and cure kinetics. Prerequisites: CME 509 or MAT 509, or general and organic chemistry, or differential equations, or permission of instructor.
3 semester hours
CME 511: PRINCIPLES OF CORROSION
Application of electrochemical principles, corrosion reactions, passivation, cathodic and anodic protection, stress corrosion and high-temperature oxidation. Prerequisite: MAT 501.
3 semester hours
CME 512: ADVANCED COMPOSITES
Materials and processing. Comprehensive introduction to advanced fiber reinforced polymeric matrix composites. Constituent materials and composite processing will be emphasized with special emphasis placed on structure-property relationships, the role of matrix in composite processing, mechanical behavior and laminate processing. Specific topics will include starting materials, material forms, processing, quality assurance, test methods and mechanical behavior. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
3 semester hours
CME 515: STATISTlCAL THERMODYNAMICS
Microscopic thermodynamics; Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein, Fermi-Dirac statistics; statistical interpretation of thermodynamic quantities. Applications to perfect and real gases, liquids, crystalline solids and thermal radiation. Prerequisite: CME 311 or MTH 219.
3 semester hours
CME 521: ADVANCED TRANSPORT PHENOMENA
Applications of the principles of momentum, heat and mass transfer to steady state and transient problems. Molecular concepts. Transport in turbulent flow. Boundary layer theory. Numerical applications. Prerequisites: CME 324 and CME 381, or equivalent.
3 semester hours
CME 522: ADVANCED TOPICS IN TRANSPORT PHENOMENA
The equations of change for multicomponent systems. Turbulent mass transport. Interphase transport in multicomponent systems. Combustion analysis. Macroscopic balances. Prerequisites: CME 325 and CME 581, or equivalent.
3 semester hours
CME 524: FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS OF FUEL CELLS
The course will cover fundamental as well as engineering aspects of fuel cell technology. Specifically, the course will cover basic principles of electrochemistry, electrical conductivity (electronic and ionic) of solids and development/design of major fuel cells (alkaline, polymer electrolyte, phosphoric acid, molten carbonate and solid oxide). A major part of the course will focus on solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC), as it is emerging to be dominant among various fuel cell technologies. The SOFC can readily and safely use many common hydrocarbon fuels such as natural gas, diesel, gasoline, alcohol and coal gas. Prerequisite: CME 311 or CME 324, or permission of instructor.
3 semester hours
CME 527: METHODS OF POLYMER ANALYSIS
Modern laboratory techniques used in preparation and characterization of polymers; experimental investigations of polymer structure-property relations; measurement of molecular weight averages and distributions, thermal and mechanical properties, viscoelastic properties; transitions and crystalinity. Prerequisite: CME 509 or CME 510, or permission of instructor.
3 semester hours
CME 528: CHEMICAL BEHAVIOR OF MATERIALS
This course will address chemical behavior as a subject complementary to mechanical behavior of materials. A special emphasis will be given to structure-property relationships of the major classes of materials. Physical/chemical periodicity, bonding, processing chemistry, and chemical behavior in the application environment will be addressed. Each major class of materials will be discussed with specific case studies for each. Prerequisite: College chemistry, or permission of instructor.
3 semester hours
CME 532: CHEMICAL PRODUCT DESIGN
Application of the design process to products based on chemical technology. Coverage of the entire design process from initial identification of product needs, and culminating in the manufacture of a new product. Prerequisite: CME 311 and CME 324, or permission of instructor.
3 semester hours
CME 541: PROCESS DYNAMICS
Mathematical modeling and computer simulation of process dynamics and control for chemical engineering processes.
3 semester hours
CME 542: CHEMICAL ENGINEERING KINETICS
Reaction kinetics. Heterogeneous catalytic reactions. Transport processes with fluid-solid heterogeneous reactions. Noncatalytic gas-solid reactions. Catalyst deactivation. Gas-liquid reactions. Prerequisites: CME 381 and CME 406, or equivalent.
3 semester hours
CME 543: CHEMICAL REACTOR ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
Design for optimum selectivity. Stability and transient behavior of the mixed flow reactor. Nonideal flow and balance models. Fixed and fluidized bed reactors. Multiphase flow reactors. Prerequisites: CME 381 and CME 406, or equivalent.
3 semester hours
CME 550: AGITATION
Agitator design and scaleup for blending and motion, solids suspension, gas dispersion and viscous operations; experimental, computational and design tools of agitation; static mixing; and mixing with chemical reaction. Prerequisite: CME 465 or permission of instructor.
3 semester hours
CME 562: PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESSES
Designing of physical and chemical unit processes to treat wastewater originating primarily from industrial sources. Industry pretreatment technologies and the basis for their development. Prerequisites: CHM 123 and CME 465, or permission of instructor.
3 semester hours
CME 563: HAZARDOUS WASTE ENGINEERING
The fundamental principles of the design and operation of hazardous waste remediation processes. Characterizing contaminated sites and conducting treatability studies to select remediation strategies. Prerequisites: CHM 123 and CME 465, or permission of instructor.
3 semester hours
CME 564: SOLID WASTE ENGINEERING
Characterizing solid waste. Managing solid waste collection, transport, minimization and recycling. The design of solid waste disposal and resource recovery facilities. Prerequisites: CHM 123 and CME 411, or permission of instructor.
3 semester hours
CME 565: FUNDAMENTALS OF COMBUSTION
Flames and combustion waves, detonation waves in gases, the chemistry of combustion, combustion of hydrocarbons, special aspects of gaseous combustion, combustion in mixed and condensed phases, explosions in closed vessels and combustion and the environment. Prerequisites: CME 311 or 406, or permission of instructor.
3 semester hours
CME 574: FUNDAMENTALS OF AIR POLLUTION ENGINEERING I
Air pollution; combustion fundamentals; pollutant formation and control in combustion; pollutant formation and control methods in internal combustion engines; particle formation in combustion. Prerequisites: [CME 305 or MEE 301 and MEE 302] and [CME 324 or MEE 410], or permission of instructor.
3 semester hours
CME 575: FUNDAMENTALS OF AIR POLLUTION ENGINEERING II
Review of the concepts of air pollution engineering; aerosols; removal of particles from gas streams; removal of gaseous pollutants from effluent streams; optimal air pollution control strategies. Prerequisite: CME 574, or permission of instructor.
3 semester hours
CME 576: ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SEPARATION PROCESSES
Discussion of the unit operations associated with environmental engineering separation processes of solid-liquid, liquid-liquid, and gas-liquid systems; general use, principles of operation and design procedures for specific types of equipment. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
3 semester hours
CME 579: MATERIALS FOR ADVANCED ENERGY APPLICATIONS
Various advanced energy technologies (AMTEC, fuel cells, thermoelectric, nuclear, etc.) will be discussed with the emphasis on the role that materials have/will play in their development. Critical "bottlenecks" in materials development delaying the introduction of new advanced energy systems will be identified. In addition, how material selections are made based on operational system environments in real-world scenarios will be presented. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
3 semester hours
CME 581: ADVANCED CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CALCULATIONS I
Applications of ordinary and partial differential equations to engineering problems. Classical methods of solution. Prerequisite: MTH 219 or permission of instructor.
3 semester hours
CME 582: ADVANCED CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CALCULATIONS II
Analyses and solutions of engineering problems described by differential equations. Numerical methods of solution.
3 semester hours
CME 583: PROCESS MODELING
Mathematical description of physical and chemical processes, solution methods and prediction interpretation. Engineering applications. Prerequisite: CME 582 or equivalent.
3 semester hours
CME 586: INTRODUCTION TO PETROLEUM ENGINEERING
Introduction to the fundamental concepts in petroleum engineering. Petroleum topics include overviews of areas such as petroleum geology, petroleum fluids and thermodynamics, drilling and completion, and production and multiphase flow. In addition this course will cover refinery operations. Offered second term each year. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
3 semester hours
CME 590: INTRODUCTION TO BIOENGINEERING I
Overview of biomedical engineering, transport phenomena in physiological systems, kinetic and reactor modeling for physiological systems, overview of biochemical engineering, bioreactors, bioseparation processes. Prerequisites: [CHM 420 or CHM 451], CME 325 and CME 365. Corequisite: CME 406 or permission of instructor.
3 semester hours
CME 591: BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING I
Introduction to the fundamental concepts in biomedical engineering with a special focus on chemical engineering applications. Biomedical topics include overviews of areas such as biomaterials, tissue engineering, biosensors and biomedical engineering technology. Offered second term each year. Prerequisites: BIO 151 or [CHM 420 or CHM 451] or [CME 324 and CME 365] or permission of instructor.
3 semester hours
CME 592: CHEMICAL AND BIOSENSORS
Analysis performed with chemical sensors complement laboratory analyses and offer the potential for more rapid and online analyses in complex sample matrices. The demand for new chemical sensors, biosensors and sensing concepts is rapidly increasing and associated with the growing need to understand and/or control complex chemical and biochemical processes or detect the presence of toxic chemical or biological agents. Permission of instructor is required.
3 semester hours
CME 595: SPECIAL PROBLEMS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Particular assignments to be arranged and approved by the chair of the department.
1-6 semester hours
CME 599: THESIS
